Wurden Kriegshelden, politische Führerhelden und Superhelden zum Thema unzähliger Studien, hat sich die Forschung bisher kaum mit der Heroisierung gewöhnlicher Menschen auseinandergesetzt. Das Buch schließt diese Forschungslücke am Beispiel der USA, Deutschlands und Großbritanniens - es ist die erste systematische wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit Alltagshelden, die aufgrund tatsächlicher oder ihnen zugeschriebener außergewöhnlicher Taten heroisiert werden.
Wurden Kriegshelden, politische Führerhelden und Superhelden zum Thema unzähliger Studien, hat sich die Forschung bisher kaum mit der Heroisierung gewöhnlicher Menschen auseinandergesetzt. Das Buch schließt diese Forschungslücke am Beispiel der USA, Deutschlands und Großbritanniens - es ist die erste systematische wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit Alltagshelden, die aufgrund tatsächlicher oder ihnen zugeschriebener außergewöhnlicher Taten heroisiert werden.
Table of Contents Introduction: Studying Everyday Heroism in Western Societies Simon Wendt 7 "Our Heroes of To-day": The Royal Humane Society and the Creation of Heroes in Victorian Britain Craig Barclay 25 Everyday Heroism for the Victorian Industrial Classes: The British Workman and The British Workwoman, 1855-1880 Christiane Hadamitzky and Barbara Korte 53 Everyday Heroism in Britain, 1850-1939 John Price 79 Volunteers and Professionals: Everyday Heroism and the Fire Service in Nineteenth-Century America Wolfgang Hochbruck 109 Narratives of Feminine Heroism: Gender Values and Memory in the American Press in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Janice Hume 139 Heroic Ordinariness after Cavell and Capra: Hollywood Cinema and Everyday Heroism in the Interwar Period and World War II Matthias Grotkopp 167 Everyday Socialist Heroes and Hegemonic Masculinity in the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1989 Sylka Scholz 185 Everyday Heroes in Germany: Perspectives from Cultural Anthropology Silke Meyer 217 After Watergate and Vietnam: Politics, Community, and the Ordinary American Hero, 1975-2015 William Graebner 235 "It Must Have Been Cold There In My Shadow": Everyday Heroism in Superhero Narratives Michael Goodrum 249 After the Working-Class Hero: Popular Music and Everyday Heroism in the United States in the Twenty-First Century Martin Lüthe 271 Notes on Contributors 291 Table of Contents
Introduction: Studying Everyday Heroism in Western Societies
Simon Wendt 7
"Our Heroes of To-day": The Royal Humane Society and the Creation of Heroes in Victorian Britain
Craig Barclay 25
Everyday Heroism for the Victorian Industrial Classes: The British Workman and The British Workwoman, 1855-1880
Christiane Hadamitzky and Barbara Korte 53
Everyday Heroism in Britain, 1850-1939
John Price 79
Volunteers and Professionals: Everyday Heroism and the Fire Service in Nineteenth-Century America
Wolfgang Hochbruck 109
Narratives of Feminine Heroism: Gender Values and Memory in the American Press in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Janice Hume 139
Heroic Ordinariness after Cavell and Capra: Hollywood Cinema and Everyday Heroism in the Interwar Period and World War II
Matthias Grotkopp 167
Everyday Socialist Heroes and Hegemonic Masculinity in the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1989
Sylka Scholz 185
Everyday Heroes in Germany: Perspectives from Cultural Anthropology
Silke Meyer 217
After Watergate and Vietnam: Politics, Community, and the Ordinary American Hero, 1975-2015
William Graebner 235
"It Must Have Been Cold There In My Shadow": Everyday Heroism in Superhero Narratives
Michael Goodrum 249
After the Working-Class Hero: Popular Music and Everyday Heroism in the United States in the Twenty-First Century
Table of Contents Introduction: Studying Everyday Heroism in Western Societies Simon Wendt 7 "Our Heroes of To-day": The Royal Humane Society and the Creation of Heroes in Victorian Britain Craig Barclay 25 Everyday Heroism for the Victorian Industrial Classes: The British Workman and The British Workwoman, 1855-1880 Christiane Hadamitzky and Barbara Korte 53 Everyday Heroism in Britain, 1850-1939 John Price 79 Volunteers and Professionals: Everyday Heroism and the Fire Service in Nineteenth-Century America Wolfgang Hochbruck 109 Narratives of Feminine Heroism: Gender Values and Memory in the American Press in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Janice Hume 139 Heroic Ordinariness after Cavell and Capra: Hollywood Cinema and Everyday Heroism in the Interwar Period and World War II Matthias Grotkopp 167 Everyday Socialist Heroes and Hegemonic Masculinity in the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1989 Sylka Scholz 185 Everyday Heroes in Germany: Perspectives from Cultural Anthropology Silke Meyer 217 After Watergate and Vietnam: Politics, Community, and the Ordinary American Hero, 1975-2015 William Graebner 235 "It Must Have Been Cold There In My Shadow": Everyday Heroism in Superhero Narratives Michael Goodrum 249 After the Working-Class Hero: Popular Music and Everyday Heroism in the United States in the Twenty-First Century Martin Lüthe 271 Notes on Contributors 291 Table of Contents
Introduction: Studying Everyday Heroism in Western Societies
Simon Wendt 7
"Our Heroes of To-day": The Royal Humane Society and the Creation of Heroes in Victorian Britain
Craig Barclay 25
Everyday Heroism for the Victorian Industrial Classes: The British Workman and The British Workwoman, 1855-1880
Christiane Hadamitzky and Barbara Korte 53
Everyday Heroism in Britain, 1850-1939
John Price 79
Volunteers and Professionals: Everyday Heroism and the Fire Service in Nineteenth-Century America
Wolfgang Hochbruck 109
Narratives of Feminine Heroism: Gender Values and Memory in the American Press in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Janice Hume 139
Heroic Ordinariness after Cavell and Capra: Hollywood Cinema and Everyday Heroism in the Interwar Period and World War II
Matthias Grotkopp 167
Everyday Socialist Heroes and Hegemonic Masculinity in the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1989
Sylka Scholz 185
Everyday Heroes in Germany: Perspectives from Cultural Anthropology
Silke Meyer 217
After Watergate and Vietnam: Politics, Community, and the Ordinary American Hero, 1975-2015
William Graebner 235
"It Must Have Been Cold There In My Shadow": Everyday Heroism in Superhero Narratives
Michael Goodrum 249
After the Working-Class Hero: Popular Music and Everyday Heroism in the United States in the Twenty-First Century
Martin Lüthe 271
Notes on Contributors 291
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